| CAPRIFICATION | • caprification n. A process for ripening, or pollinating, figs by means of their being punctured artificially, in a manner… • CAPRIFICATION n. a method of promoting the pollination of figs by hanging branches of caprifig flowers so that parasitic gall-wasps living on the female flowers can carry pollen to the wild fig. |
| INFRAPOSITION | • infraposition n. A situation or position beneath. • INFRAPOSITION n. the state of being placed below something else. |
| PENICILLIFORM | • penicilliform adj. (Botany) penicillate. • PENICILLIFORM adj. paintbrush-shaped. |
| PETRIFICATION | • petrification n. The process of replacing the organic residues of plants (and animals) with insoluble salts, the original… • petrification n. (Figurative) obduracy; callousness. • petrification n. Sheer terror; great fright. |
| PORNIFICATION | • pornification n. Conversion to the style or level of pornography. • PORNIFICATION n. the introduction of pornographic elements into a film etc. |
| PREDEFINITION | • predefinition n. The act or process of defining something in advance. • predefinition n. A definition provided in advance. • PREDEFINITION n. the act of predefining. |
| PROFICIENCIES | • proficiencies n. Plural of proficiency. • PROFICIENCY n. the state of being proficient, also PROFICIENCE. |
| PROFITABILITY | • profitability n. The quality or state of being profitable; capacity to make a profit. • PROFITABILITY n. the state of being profitable. |
| PROLIFICACIES | • prolificacies n. Plural of prolificacy. • PROLIFICACY n. the state of being prolific, also PROLIFICITY. |
| PROLIFICATION | • prolification n. (Dated) The generation of young. • prolification n. (Dated, botany) Reproduction by the growth of a plant, or part of a plant, directly from an older one, or by gemmae. • PROLIFICATION n. the production of young; development of a shoot by continued growth of a flower. |
| PROLIFICITIES | • PROLIFICITY n. the state of being prolific, also PROLIFICACY. |
| PURIFICATIONS | • purifications n. Plural of purification. • PURIFICATION n. the act or an instance of purifying or of being purified. |
| PUTRIFICATION | • putrification n. Putrefaction. • PUTRIFICATION n. the act or state of putrefying. |
| SIMPLIFICATOR | • simplificator n. One who simplifies. • SIMPLIFICATOR n. one who simplifies. |